§ Mr. Robin CookTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list, for each remand centre, the numbers of inmates who committed suicide for each year since 1983; and if he will give similar figures for the prison officers.
§ Mr. MellorThe table gives the numbers of inmates who have died in remand centres and local prisons in each of the last seven years, and in respect of whom a suicide verdict was returned at the inquest. The figures in brackets give the numbers of those inmates who were being held on remand.
Before 1 January 1990 no central record was kept of the causes from which serving prison officers died. The information requested is therefore not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
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Establishment 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 11989 Canterbury — — — 1(1) 3(3) — 1(1) Cardiff — — — 1(1) 1 — — Dorchester — — — — — 1(1) — Durham — 1(1) 2(2) — 3(3) 1(1) 2(1) Exeter — 2(2) 1 1(1) 1 1 1(1) Gloucester 1(1) — 1 — — — — Hull — — — — 1(1) — — Leeds 1(1) 1(1) 2(2) — 2(2) 4(4) 2(2) Leicester — 1(1) 2(2) — — — — Lewes — 1 — — — — 1 Lincoln — — 1(1) 1(1) 2(2) 1 — Liverpool 2 — — — — — 2 Manchester 1(1) — 1(1) 2(2) 3(2) — 3(3) Norwich 1(1) 2(1) — 1(1) 1(1) — — Pentonville 1 1(1) 2 — 2(2) 1(1) — Risley — — 1(1) 1(1) 3(3) 4(4) — Shrewsbury — 1 — — — 1(1) — Swansea — 1(1) — — — 1(1) — Wandsworth — 1 2 — 3 1 1 Winchester 2(2) — — — 1(1) — 2(1) Wormwood Scrubs — 1 2(2) 1(1) 2(2) 2(2) 1(1) Total 13(10) 18(13) 21(15) 13(12) 33(27) 21(18) 17(11) 1 Inquests have yet to be held on eight other inmates who died in 1989 and whose deaths were thought to have been suicides. These deaths occurred at Risley (2); Brixton (2); Cardiff, Hindley, Swansea and Manchester, and five of the inmates were being held on remand.